You've got a USB 3 port on that machine, no? I should think you'd prefer to use that with at least a 128 Gb USB 3 stick.
I can tell you I'm running Linux using a 256 GB Sandisk USB 3 stick on my early 2014 Airbook. It's working quite well--though I'm not using the Linux graphical desktop mainly because I don't have a good reference of keymappings. Best of all the stick doesn't stick out of the case very far. In fact it sticks out less far than the Apple power connector, by about a quarter inch less. Are you looking to avoid Bootcamp altogether for some reason? If you go the route of Windows on external USB media, I suspect your main problem may be figuring out how to configure it's EFI so the Mac will see it on boot. Thankfully, you should still have the boot chime--something that's gone away in newer Apples, afaik. However, you may still need device drivers for your Apple hardware. These are generally provided by Apple via Bootcamp. From time to time I've had notifications on my Windows desktop that driver updates are available for these. You'll be doing this part by hand, somehow. I also have Windows 10 on my machine, but under Bootcamp, so that I have three operating environments to choose among when I hear the boot chime. My next step is to give myself the option of running one of these under OS X via Virtualbox. hth Janina 'Danny Keys' via MacVisionaries writes: > Hello, > I’m considering running windows on my MBP mid 2014 machine running the latest > OS Mojave. > I have a few questions. > Can I use an external hard drive in place of a usb 2.0 flash drive? > How long can I run windows 10 for free before I have to purchase it? > At what point can I begin using Narrator to complete the setup? Or should I > have eyes present. > Thanks for any assistance. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Janina Sajka Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
